AHMEDABAD: Nine street vendors from Law Garden have been sitting on fast at Navrangpura police station since Monday in protest, claiming that they have been forced to vacate their place of business by the traffic police despite having the authorized street vendors’ cards issued by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). The vendors were detained by Navrangpura police where they continued their fast.
“As many as 35 street vendors were forced to vacate their spots of business on Law Garden street by traffic police who claimed that because of street vendors Law Garden witnesses traffic jams. All those removed from the street have been issued street vendor cards from AMC authorizing us to do business,” said Rakesh Maheria of Lari Galla Patharna Sangh, an association of street vendors.
He said that in 2018 also police had removed vendors from Law Garden and Gujarat University areas.
“We were detained and brought here at Navrangpura police station where we will continue our indefinite fast,” Maheria said, and added that they demand their rights to do business where they have been doing business for over three decades.
